New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-04
,rr0 r0R TIE CUP YACHT RACES
.,,crvprR 81 AND 20. OCTOBER 1.

Correspondence BETWEEN THE AMn r'T,n
0o"". ~,,>,,rrrr AND THE ROYAL CLYDE CLUB
,omes d. Smith. chairman OF the
Co. committee yesterday received the ioio"
Amo'.. ,ro,, william York, secretary OF the ro'@'
CLYDE Yacht Cluo 49,, p, VIM yIcpr CLUE
sGcEETAnrs OFFICE Ro5 1s eoypt 81 April 1851
AMERICAS CUP. ,-...
1bave 10 acknowledge receipt Of MI r,atnS 70
letter haS ba aa found S omptiSS
Ssyns charge the Arrangement ioT BY Mr. Kreb
70 Pc al n s1 sa a. Yea
S fa 1Se proposed hAO been SO
ceived by your Ss DATE Of matches Mt Bel 1esroS
bring Seors yoor he n6S fe business and
this important M M Bel and number Of hi: trends a
and doubtless also Of %sey it Win dates Of these
VIII pave 20 fixed lo thy Enc 10 make
Thistle w and Be in NewYOrk three or Ionr Ses as
date Of the sst saS M Bel Wiling The contest Il, take O
ce any time the 9Th q ~ definitely the
6StS fer s mscnes within and he w
you ". Ss dss s1 or definite sete9a
Number Of view o. ss 20 nt the result OF
,es depend upon three trials tina, the courses are
undsrstaga lio VIZ Inc same the Gslatea match
II SS Ts% Sd It aunEty SeFeRcs
Of to pae should be
IN our FIRST letter. as TO limit as tlr as pO''' ~
for e9I5e Bell desires thank the eommtso
,r her general approval OF his suggestions on u in
america which will probably be about iof's" 00'o' viz
dte h1 Ken V Would also thank committee for noIna
MT LLOYD Phenix their repesa ntatve on ~
Thistle Ss %s o Si the lo rhs,les arrival America Trusting
70 hear by an early mA YonS secretary
commodore Smith Immediately on receipt OF inns CON-
,nunicaton secured around TO find quorum OF inc co
Ioittee so that reply might he dispatched Tic sue
ceadea In getting together O. Haght and g. L. Haight
Tho
the dates were selected and the following answer mailed
to Secretary YORK; NRw.YoRx NAV 3. 1887;
SIR mi S am IN r FeSe psasue That Mr. letter to
Of April was a. hs date Of matches
now the only point settled behalf Of the
natehes proposed by You March 49, viz October :
idea being That ess dates se GSuG but Go
G SSoa M B snv I%S ps5wSo the
september aud the AIN Of oc,oDer we wiz make The c,
providing that the eaosc IN the os aeG r remains
mi via That Of accident happening at any TIME
either yacht shall have the s s a noSi 5s cO S Of the yacht
ing prescribed by the club rules saw that they
male IN AL respects se qP of m and that
happy welcome the Thistle ana nSr o" be- vey faithfully
YOURS Chairman America Cup Committed
I,antenant Henn. Colonel Delaney Kane and Edward
burgess will accompany Z. Oliver lselln to CITY islana
to-day to his new sloop the Itanla iniLp ~
Lows rggers were busy yesterday hooking pocAs anu
reevng running rigging on her: ,o, on,
The naiumast of the Palmer has been condemned nno
win be replaced by a new stick OF oregon pine tnis
will keep her in the hands of the workmen uhul a'ei
Decoration Day, but when she finally goes into oomns
sion she will be as good as new T., ,,. .
new schooner built for MIN by the Harlan " ioLlhes
worth Company. A. Cary smith designed the latter.
The spar and sail plan OF the Anaconda, j. u; frague
new fifty twOoo sloOp has been completed Inc mas.
viii be forty feet six inches long from DECK %
hounds fifty six feet six inches 70 cap tOpmast thriy
eight feet eight inches boom nftyhree feet gan forty
four feet eight inches and bowsprt twentSeyen lee
six inches cupboard. The topmast-stay VIII measure
niney-one feet four inches from bowsprt 10 topmas
head the b-say will be sxtyve feet in length ana INC
bOD-stay twenty-sX feet :, , al.
"A Yachtsmails scrap-Book is the wellehosen utiG
of an Interesting book prepared By j. T. Loubat aud
issued by Bretano Brothers IL Is mainly RECORD o.
MT Loubats personal cruises and races IN his famous
schooner yacht the Enchantress but 1t contains 0tne
and highly valuable information. II records tne Ot
OF the NewYork Yacht Club the early sue sue
cesses Of the America the great Cape May Sbai
lenge Cup race in 1873. the races OF the Enchaht
ness off Cowes around Cape lie Heve in the Shanne
and else where and her great success iii English Russian
Swedish and Mediterranean waters. II also contains
quantity collateral data that must be OF great service
70 yachtowners.